THE MIGHTY ONE OF JUDAH

God's Word

Isaiah

49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me;
and hearken, ye people,
from far; The LORD hath
called me from the womb;
from the bowels of my mother
hath he made mention of my name.

2 And he hath made my mouth
like a sharp sword; in the
shadow of his hand hath
he hid me, and made me a
polished shaft; in his quiver
hath he hid me;

3 And said unto me, Thou art
my servant, O Israel, in whom
I will be glorified.

4 Then I said, I have laboured
in vain, I have spent my
strength for nought, and
in vain: yet surely my
judgment is with the LORD,
and my work with my God.

5 And now, saith the LORD that
formed me from the womb
to be his servant,

to bring Jacob again to him,

Though Israel be not gathered,
yet shall I be glorious
in the eyes of the LORD,
and my God shall
be my strength.

6 And he said, It is a
light thing that thou
shouldest be my servant
to raise up the tribes
of Jacob, and to restore
the preserved of Israel:
I will also give thee for
a light to the Gentiles,
that thou mayest be my
salvation unto the
end of the earth.

7 Thus saith the LORD,
the Redeemer of Israel,
and his Holy One, to him
whom man despiseth, to him
whom the nation abhorreth,
to a servant of rulers,

Kings shall see and arise,
princes also shall worship,
because of the LORD that
is faithful, and the
Holy One of Israel,
and he shall choose thee.

8 Thus saith the LORD,
In an acceptable time
have I heard thee, and
in a day of salvation
have I helped thee:
and I will preserve thee,
and give thee for a
covenant of the people,
to establish the earth,
to cause to inherit
the desolate heritages;

9 That thou mayest say
to the prisoners, Go forth;
to them that are in darkness,
Shew yourselves. They shall
feed in the ways, and their
pastures shall be
in all high places.

10 They shall not hunger
nor thirst; neither shall
the heat nor sun smite them:
for he that hath mercy on
them shall lead them, even
by the springs of water
shall he guide them.

11 And I will make all my
mountains a way, and my
highways shall be exalted.

12 Behold, these shall come
from far: and, lo, these
from the north and from
the west; and these
from the land of Sinim.

13 Sing, O heavens; and
be joyful, O earth;
and break forth into singing,
O mountains: for the LORD
hath comforted his people,
and will have mercy
upon his afflicted.

14 But Zion said, The LORD
hath forsaken me, and my
Lord hath forgotten me.

15 Can a woman forget her
sucking child, that she should
not have compassion on the
son of her womb? yea,
they may forget, yet will
I not forget thee.

16 Behold, I have graven thee
upon the palms of my hands;
thy walls are continually
before me.

17 Thy children shall make haste;
thy destroyers and they
that made thee waste
shall go forth of thee.

18 Lift up thine eyes
round about, and behold:
all these gather themselves
together, and come to thee.
As I live, saith the LORD,
thou shalt surely clothe thee
with them all, as with
an ornament, and bind
them on thee, as a bride doeth.

19 For thy waste and thy
desolate places, and the
land of thy destruction,
shall even now be too narrow
by reason of the inhabitants,
and they that swallowed
thee up shall be far away.

20 The children which thou
shalt have, after thou hast
lost the other, shall say
again in thine ears, The place
is too strait for me: give
place to me that I may dwell.

21 Then shalt thou say in
thine heart, Who hath begotten
me these, seeing I have lost
my children, and am desolate,
a captive, and removing to
and fro? and who hath brought
up these? Behold, I was left
alone; these, where had they been?

22 Thus saith the Lord GOD,
Behold, I will lift up mine
hand to the Gentiles, and set up
my standard to the people:
and they shall bring thy sons
in their arms, and thy daughters
shall be carried upon their shoulders.

23 And kings shall be thy nursing
fathers, and their queens thy
nursing mothers: they shall
bow down to thee with their face
toward the earth, and lick up
the dust of thy feet; and thou
shalt know that I am the LORD:
for they shall not be
ashamed that wait for me.

24 Shall the prey be taken
from the mighty, or the lawful
captive delivered?

25 But thus saith the LORD,
Even the captives of the mighty
shall be taken away, and the
prey of the terrible shall be
delivered: for I will contend
with him that contendeth
with thee, and I
will save thy children.

26 And I will feed them
that oppress thee with
their own flesh; and they
shall be drunken with their
own blood, as with sweet wine:

and all flesh shall know that
I the LORD am thy Saviour
and thy Redeemer,

The Mighty One Of Jacob.